Saturday, September 29, 2012

Not long ago my new exhibition dedicated to Poltava of 1930-1960s has been opened in Poltavamuseum of Panas Myrny. This museum has a nice
exhibition hall and yearly hosts many exhibitions including photo exhibitions.
I’ve been working under this exhibition for two years.

Mostly all shown pictures of Poltava were found by chance in private photo
albums of the local elderly residents. Many of pictures that were taken decades
ago were shown to the public for the first time. For instance, many have never
seen pictures showing German POW working as construction workers in Poltava during first
post-war years. Many construction sites of that time were enclosed with barbed
wire fencing and had watch towers at the four corners. Some pictures shown on
the exhibition were taken by Wehrmacht officers and soldiers in 1942-1943 when Poltava was under German
occupation.

Being a teacher in charge of a student group, I invited then to
visit this exhibition. Hope they have learnt a lot of a new fascinating things
about the history of Poltava.

The museum itself is also very interesting
because it preserves a spirit and a way of living of Poltava local office employee of early 20th century, who has been holding
various posts at the local government house.